Kobayashi claims Hyperpole for Toyota while Iron Dames takes LMGT3 class pole

Below are the main headlines from today’s qualifying at the Rolex 6 Hours of Sao Paulo, round five of FIA WEC.

HYPERCAR

Kamui Kobayashi No.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing takes pole position after setting a sensational 1m23.140s lap
Kobayashi heads stablemate Sebastien Buemi in No.8 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hypercar by 0.122s
Japanese driver claims the first pole position of the season for Toyota
Matt Campbell aboard the No.5 Porsche Penske Motorsport is highest placed Porsche 963 on a best of 1m23.331. Australian has a brief off on his warm up lap but still qualifies on second row of the grid
Cadillac Racing Hypercar driven by Alex Lynn places fourth on a 1m23.396s lap to get in among the Toyota and Porsches
No.6 Porsche Penske Motorsport of Kevin Estre is fifth ahead of recent Le Mans winner Antonio Fuoco in the No.50 Ferrari AF Corse 499P Hypercar.
The rest of the top 10 Hyperpole positions is filled out by: 7th No.12 Hertz Team JOTA Porsche; 8th No.38 Hertz Team JOTA Porsche; 9th No.51 Ferrari AF Corse and 10th No.20 BMW M Team WRT

LMGT3

Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracan driven by Sarah Bovy takes pole with a lap of 1m34.413s and secure second pole of the season for the all-female crew
That time beats the No.92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche 911 RSR LMGT3 car with Aliaksandr Malykhin aboard by 0.391s
No.95 United Autosports McLaren LMGT3 machine is third driven by Joshua Caygill who heads the second McLaren driven by James Cottingham
Fifth is the No.91 Manthey EMA Porsche driven by Yasser Shahin
Completing the top six is the No.31 Team WRT BMW M4 LMGT3 car driven by Darren Leung
The rest of the Top 10 LMGT3 positions is filled out by: 7th No.55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari; 8th No.81 TF Sport Corvette; 9th No.27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin and 10th No.54 Vista AF Corse Ferrari
Thomas Flohr in the No.54 Vista AF Corse Ferrari brings out early session red flag after spinning off at Turn 4